The night nurse shooed Carrie into the parlour just as Nathaniel and Simon finished shaking hands. ... That Simon was a part of their life—hers and Carrie's—as it had been, once. n Several days later, Azuba and Nathaniel sent Mr.
... family WILLIAM C. STONE : Eunice's husband CLARENCE STONE : Eunice and William Stone's son CLARA STONE : Eunice and William Stone's daughter MELISSA ( STONE ) RANKIN : William Stone's sister MOSES RANKIN : Melissa ( Stone ) Rankin's ...
Blending the high-tension drama of missed chances and unexpected twists of the sort that made A Reliable Wife a bestseller with the pluck and spirit of a heroine in the vein of Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Sea Captain's Wife will captivate ...
This story of misfortune and defiance takes up grand themes of American history—opportunity and racism, war and freedom—and illuminates the lives of ordinary people in the past.
The Sea Captain's Wife
Azuba Galloway, daughter of a shipwright, sees ships leaving for foreign ports from her bustling town on the Bay of Fundy and dreams of seeing the world.